Sunday, October 27, 2024

Tinytown, Miniville, and Smallburg...

Embarking on a fairly ambitious naval action, methought a need for some settled places as bases or objectives for the opposing fleets. For instance, in a recent large scale operation, Port Mores Port Fewersby had to appear on the battle area as the objective of the Ra'esharn invasion fleet... 

So I built one.   


And then another.

And then a third. 


Of course, there had eventually to be something more resembling a teeming metropolis: hence the city of Hugeville. 



The smaller settlements can be anything from jungle villages  to sizeable towns. Hugeville might just aspire to a city, and, if ever the need arise, all of them might be combined into a species of conurbation. 
Hugeville (or whatever appellation applies in a given scenario or campaign) is just 48mm x 40mm; the other settlement 30mm square.

Of course they are overscale compared with the naval units for this project, but scale is not all that much of a concern. In the following picture, Port Fewersby can be seen on the southern coast of New Sterling...
Kiivar Task Force 34 sailing to intercept a Ra'esharn 
invasion force heading for the Lindisfarne Strait and
the south coast of New Sterling.

Coming up: Battle of the Laroc Sea... 


9 comments:

  1. The objective markers work really well, lovely little towns.

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    1. Donnie -
      I think they'll add a little colour to the theatres of war.
      Cheers,
      Ion

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    1. Jonathan -
      Just tokens, really, but fills a perceived gap. The 'city' was yet another 'doodle'...
      Cheers,
      Ion

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  3. Nice little towns Ion, something to fight for

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    1. Maudlin Jack Tar -
      I'm beginning to wonder if maybe they will turn up in some other context!
      Cheers,
      Ion

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  4. Nice and simple and very effective:).

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    1. Steve -
      I could have done with a sharper blade, but the small places have a homely Berenstain Bears look about them, I think. Hardly martial at all!
      Cheers,
      Ion

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  5. Archduke Piccolo,

    These are excellent examples of tabletop build-up areas! They will serve their purpose very well indeed.

    All the best,

    Bob

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